BETHLEHEM — A homeschooler who has finished Calculus II and linear algebra is asking to graduate high school early — but Bethlehem Central School District has instead told him to come back to public school.
Michael Sweeney, 14, has been attending college full time for more than a year. He’s racing through Calculus III and Physics II right now.
In community college, he finished Composition 1 and Composition 2, as well as courses in history, engineering, physics and health. On the CAT, a standardized test used by many homeschoolers, he scored at grade 13.5 in every category. A grade of 12 would mean 12th grade…